Science AL!VE

One of our recent bi-weekly highlights is receiving the email for the Science AL!VE Girls Club that the Maya and Dahlia attend every other Saturday at SFU.  Although receiving an email sounds like a minor event, especially compared with actually going to the science club, it does present with its own unique set of opportunities.

We're sent a sneak peek at the upcoming topic, as well as a related trivia question which the girls can answer for a chance to win a prize.  Knowing the topic in advance gives us time to explore and discuss the subject, giving the girls a familiarity with what they are going to experience in a few days.  Letting the girls research the answer to the trivia question themselves gives them a real sense of accomplishment and pride. 

Quotable: Einstein on Curiosity

quote source Life Magazine, May 2,1955

SkyView Saturday: Girls meet Saturn

With warm weather and clear skies calling, we decided to launch the first instalment of SkyView Saturday. 

Dennis and I have recently been on the hunt for a new telescope to facilitate some backyard astronomy.  Having taken a knock or two over the years, as well as being left for long stretches to collect dust, our old scope is not the best tool for planetary viewing.  But sometimes, just like it is said about cameras, the best telescope is the one you have with you! So we dusted off the old Meade ds-60 and brought it outside.

SciFri: under the scope

having been lent a fantastic microscope by Uncle Roman (quite some time ago), we decided to launch our new segment of Science Friday with a look under the lens

first we looked at the microscope

The Curiosity Theory

Cu·ri·os·i·ty   The·o·ry  
noun

1. A set of three principles describing the relationship between human curiosity and the forces acting upon it, and its momentum in response to said forces 

2. The name of a blog which chronicles the questions, explorations, and discoveries of one family living life curious